The LSAT Is Offered 8 Months Per YearLSAC offers the LSAT eight (8) months per year, including January, February, April, June, August, September, October and November testing dates. August 2026-June 2027 LSAT Dates For LSAC’s 2026-2027 fiscal year (August 2026 through June 2027 LSATs), here are the key dates to be aware of: Test […]
Category Archives: Admissions Advice
If you took the February LSAT, you should have received your LSAT score this week. After reviewing your LSAT score, you may be contemplating your next step. Here are my suggestions, depending upon your situation:
Why Do Law Schools Love (Or At Least Like) “Splitters”? In law school admissions, a “splitter” is an applicant with a high LSAT score and a lower GPA. A “reverse splitter” has a strong GPA and a lower LSAT score. These applicants appear frequently in law school classes—and for good reason. Law Schools Care About […]
Prelaw students have an important decision to make about the level of economic and time commitment they wish to devote to LSAT Prep. Your individual goals and dreams should influence that decision. I believe prelaw students can be divided into one of three “categories” on this issue. Seeing which category you fall into may help […]
As you probably already know, your LSAT score is the single most important part of your law school application. In addition to doing everything you can to maximize your LSAT score, there are several key LSAT logistics to keep in mind. In no particular order, here are 10 ABC’s about the LSAT that are important […]
Those were the kind words recently received from former ScoreItUp student Robert M. Robert passed the California State Bar on his first try, after coming out of law school entirely debt-free. Here is Robert’s story, told in his own words:
Likelihood of Admission To Law School After Being Waitlisted: “It Depends” The short answer to the question of how likely you are to be admitted to a particular law school after being waitlisted is “it depends.” And it depends upon so many different factors that stating a percentage/estimate is both useless and misleading. That being […]
The two most important things law schools evaluate when selecting among applicants (and determining merit-based scholarships) are (1) LSAT scores, and (2) cumulative, undergraduate grade point averages. And, of those two factors, the LSAT tends to be the one that is weighted most heavily. But how do law schools choose among law school applicants whose […]
The LSAT Writing Section The LSAT Writing section* is the only ungraded part of the LSAT (other than the experimental section). However, it is a required part of the LSAT, currently administered separately from the rest of the exam. Your written response is distributed to all law schools to which you apply. The basic idea […]
One question I often get asked by pre-law students is whether a particular undergraduate major will be better than another for purposes of applying to law school. For example, is it better to major in a “typical” pre-law major, such as Political Science, than a major totally unrelated to law? Along those same lines, is it […]



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